new

Etymology

From Middle English newe, from Old English nīewe, from Proto-West Germanic *niwi, from Proto-Germanic *niwjaz, from Proto-Indo-European *néwyos (“new”), from *néwos. cognates Cognate with Scots new (“new”), West Frisian nij (“new”), Dutch nieuw (“new”), Low German nee (“new”), German neu (“new”), Danish, Norwegian and Swedish ny (“new”), Icelandic nýr (“new”), Faroese nýggjur (“new”), Latin novus (“new”), Ancient Greek νέος (néos, “new”), Welsh newydd (“new”), Russian но́вый (nóvyj, “new”), Armenian նոր (nor, “new”), Persian نو (“now”),Northern Kurdish nû (“new”), Hindi नया (nayā, “new”), Tocharian B ñuwe (“new”). Compare also Old English nū (“now”). More at now. Doublet of nuevo and novuss.

adj

1. Recently made, or created.
   Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements. 2013-07-19, Timothy Garton Ash, “Where Dr Pangloss meets Machiavelli”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 18
   This is a new scratch on my car! The band just released a new album.
   1. Of recent origin; having taken place recently.
      I can't see you for a while; the pain is still too new. Did you see the new King Lear at the theatre?
2. Additional; recently discovered.
   We turned up some new evidence from the old files.
3. Current or later, as opposed to former.
   My new car is much better than my previous one, even though it is older. We had been in our new house for five years by then.
4. Used to distinguish something established more recently, named after something or some place previously existing.
   New Bond Street is an extension of Bond Street.
5. In original condition; pristine; not previously worn or used.
   Are you going to buy a new car or a second-hand one?
6. Refreshed, reinvigorated, reformed.
   That shirt is dirty. Go and put on a new one. I feel like a new person after a good night's sleep. After the accident, I saw the world with new eyes.
7. Newborn.
   My sister has a new baby, and our mother is excited to finally have a grandchild.
8. Strange, unfamiliar or not previously known.
   Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return. 2013-07-06, “The rise of smart beta”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8843, page 68
   The idea was new to me. I need to meet new people.
9. Recently arrived or appeared.
   'Twas early June, the new grass was flourishing everywheres, the posies in the yard—peonies and such—in full bloom, the sun was shining, and the water of the bay was blue, with light green streaks where the shoal showed. 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 1, in Mr. Pratt's Patients
   Have you met the new guy in town? He is the new kid at school.
10. Inexperienced or unaccustomed at some task.
    Don't worry that you're new at this job; you'll get better with time. I'm new at this business.
11. (of a period of time) Next; about to begin or recently begun.
    We expect to grow at 10% annually in the new decade.

adv

1. Newly (especially in composition).
   new-born, new-formed, new-found, new-mown
2. As new; from scratch.
   They are scraping the site clean to build new.

noun

1. Things that are new.
   Out with the old, in with the new.
2. (Australia, uncountable) A typically light-coloured lager brewed by the bottom-fermentation method.
3. (UK, naval slang) A naval cadet who has just embarked on training.
   In the Britannia "news" were worms, to be trodden on […] 1956, Naval Review (London), volume 44, page 286

verb

1. (programming) Synonym of new up
2. (obsolete) To make new; to recreate; to renew.